US20140161083A1 - Resource allocation method, wireless communication system, base station, and program - Google Patents

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US20140161083A1 US14/232,348 US201214232348A US2014161083A1 US 20140161083 A1 US20140161083 A1 US 20140161083A1 US 201214232348 A US201214232348 A US 201214232348A US 2014161083 A1 US2014161083 A1 US 2014161083A1
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  • the present invention relates to a resource allocation method, a wireless communication system, a base station, and a program.
  • each wireless base station communicates with wireless terminals within its communication area.
  • the communication area is referred to as cell, which may be divided into a plurality of sub-regions by imparting directivity to an antenna.
  • the sub-region is referred to as sector cell.
  • the term cell refers to a sector cell.
  • TTI Transmission Time Interval
  • a term resource refers to PRB (Physical Resource Block), which is a unit of allocation of a wireless band, and MCS (Modulation and Coding Schemes).
  • PRB Physical Resource Block
  • MCS Modulation and Coding Schemes
  • dynamic scheduling is capable of allocating PRB having good quality of reception because channel quality is used to achieve scheduling, scheduling information needs to be transmitted via a control channel each time resources are allocated. Therefore, in case that resources for the control channel become insufficient, the number of users that can perform transmission at the same transmission time is limited.
  • dynamic scheduling is applied to burst traffic having irregular intervals of occurrence or having an irregular size.
  • a reservation-type scheduling method is a scheduling method taking advantage of regularity of the cycle of occurrence of traffic, which is encountered in VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) or the like, for reserving cyclically usable resources.
  • persistent scheduling may be used in traffic with smaller data size, such as VoIP traffic, to significantly increase the number of terminals that can perform transmission at the same transmission time as compared with that in dynamic scheduling.
  • dynamic scheduling is applied to VoIP traffic that has periodicity in intervals of occurrence and has a smaller data size.
  • the VoIP traffic is comprised of a non-silent segment and a silent segment, and persistent scheduling that is applied to a specific segment, such as a non-silent segment, is particularly referred to as semi-persistent scheduling.
  • non-silent segment refers to a segment in which voice packets successively arrive.
  • silent segment refers to a segment in which background noise packets (SID (Silence Insertion Description) Packets) successively arrive.
  • SID Silicon Insertion Description
  • the size of a packet occurring in a non-silent segment is greater than that of a packet occurring in a silent segment. Moreover, the cycle of occurrence of packets occurring in a non-silent segment is shorter than that of packets occurring in a silent segment. Generally, since a transmission fail in a silent segment does not affect QoS, persistent scheduling is applied only to a non-silent segment to avoid needless resource allocation to a silent segment.
  • Persistent scheduling is a scheduling method in which PRB reserved beforehand is persistently allocated.
  • PRB reserved beforehand is persistently allocated.
  • quality of reception is significantly degraded.
  • a terminal near cell edge is likely to fail to attain quality of reception to transmit voice packet data within one TTI, resulting in an increased number of retransmission. From these reasons, application of persistent scheduling causes a problem that QoS cannot be satisfied due to an increased likeliness of fails of packet transmission, leading to an increased delay of transmission.
  • the present invention has been made in view of such problems, and its object is to provide a resource allocation method, a wireless communication system, a base station, and a program capable of expanding the area (coverage) in which QoS is satisfied while maintaining the maximum number of admissible terminals (capacity).
  • the present invention is a wireless resource allocation method for a base station performing data communication with a wireless terminal with traffic having periodicity in intervals of occurrence, said method comprising: acquiring communication channel quality for said terminal; in case that said communication channel quality is greater than, or is equal to or greater than a threshold for quality decision, selecting a reservation-type scheduling method with which cyclically usable wireless resources are reserved; in case that said communication channel quality is equal to or smaller than, or is smaller than said threshold for quality decision, selecting a non-reservation-type scheduling method with which allocation information is notified to said terminal each time wireless resources are allocated; and performing data communication with said terminal using said selected scheduling method.
  • the present invention is a wireless communication system comprised of a base station and a wireless terminal, for conducting wireless resource allocation to perform data communication between said base station and said wireless terminal with traffic having periodicity in intervals of occurrence, said base station comprising: a communication channel quality acquiring section for acquiring communication channel quality for said terminal; a scheduling method selecting section for, in case that said communication channel quality is greater than, or is equal to or greater than a threshold for quality decision, selecting a reservation-type scheduling method with which cyclically usable wireless resources are reserved, and in case that said communication channel quality is equal to or smaller than, or is smaller than the threshold for quality decision, selecting a non-reservation-type scheduling method with which allocation information is notified to said terminal each time wireless resources are allocated; and a scheduling section for performing data communication by applying said selected scheduling method to said terminal.
  • the present invention is a base station for conducting wireless resource allocation to perform data communication with a wireless terminal with traffic having periodicity in intervals of occurrence, said base station comprising: a communication channel quality acquiring section for acquiring communication channel quality for said terminal; a scheduling method selecting section for, in case that said communication channel quality is greater than, or is equal to or greater than a threshold for quality decision, selecting a reservation-type scheduling method with which cyclically usable wireless resources are reserved, and in case that said communication channel quality is equal to or smaller than, or is smaller than the threshold for quality decision, selecting a non-reservation-type scheduling method with which allocation information is notified to said terminal each time wireless resources are allocated; and a scheduling section for performing data communication by applying said selected scheduling method to said terminal.
  • the present invention is a program for a computer for conducting wireless resource allocation to perform data communication with a wireless terminal with traffic having periodicity in intervals of occurrence, said program causing a program to execute processing of: acquiring communication channel quality for said terminal; in case that said communication channel quality is greater than, or is equal to or greater than a threshold for quality decision, selecting a reservation-type scheduling method with which cyclically usable wireless resources are reserved, and in case that said communication channel quality is equal to or smaller than, or is smaller than the threshold for quality decision, selecting a non-reservation-type scheduling method with which allocation information is notified to said terminal each time wireless resources are allocated; and performing data communication with said terminal while applying said selected scheduling method.
  • the area (coverage) in which QoS can be satisfied can be expanded while maintaining the maximum number of admissible terminals (capacity).
  • FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing a configuration of a wireless communications system in a first embodiment.
  • FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing decision processing for scheduling method selection in the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing decision processing for a non-silent segment and a silent segment in the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing decision processing for setting a scheduling method in the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing decision processing for scheduling method selection in a second embodiment.
  • FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing decision processing for scheduling method selection in a third embodiment.
  • FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing a configuration of a wireless communication system in a fourth embodiment.
  • FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing decision processing for a non-silent segment and a silent segment in the fourth embodiment.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a wireless communication system in a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • the wireless communication system includes a base station 100 and a terminal 200 .
  • the base station 100 is a wireless communication apparatus for performing wireless communication with the terminal 200 present in a communication area of the base station 100 through a wireless channel, and the base station 100 may be connected with a network (not shown) to perform data communication with adjacent base stations.
  • the base station 100 can be connected with a plurality of terminals. A plurality of base stations may be present as well.
  • a wireless band is divided into resource blocks (RBs) as the unit of allocation.
  • RBs resource blocks
  • LTE uplink is taken as an example for describing the wireless communication system.
  • the base station 100 comprises principal functional sections including a base station operating section 101 , a reception strength measuring section 102 , a scheduling method selecting section 103 , and a scheduler 104 .
  • the base station operating section 101 has a similar function to that of base stations commonly used in a wireless communication system, and description thereof will be omitted because its configuration and operation are widely known in the art.
  • the reception strength measuring section 102 has a function of measuring communication channel quality, such as a received power of reference signals and/or data signals received from a terminal, and SINR (Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio), and reporting the result to the base station operating section 101 and/or scheduling method selecting section 103 as information on communication channel quality.
  • SINR Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio
  • the scheduling method selecting section 103 has a function of deciding a non-silent segment and a silent segment in VoIP traffic of the terminal.
  • the scheduling method selecting section 103 further has a function of deciding which of dynamic scheduling (DS: Dynamic Scheduling) and semi-persistent scheduling (SPS: Semi-Persistent Scheduling) is to be selected for the terminal based on the information on communication channel quality measured by the reception strength measuring section 102 and/or a buffer status report (BSR) from the terminal A result of the decision is notified to the scheduler 104 .
  • DS Dynamic Scheduling
  • SPS Semi-persistent Scheduling
  • BSR buffer status report
  • the information on communication channel quality used in the scheduling method selecting section 103 is assumed to be SINR.
  • the scheduler 104 has a function of determining PRB to be allocated to the terminal 200 and MCS by dynamic scheduling or persistent scheduling based on a result of the decision by the scheduling method selecting section 103 , and a function of deallocating resources allocated by persistent scheduling. Scheduling information for such allocation and deallocation is notified to the terminal via the base station operating section 101 .
  • TBS Transport Block Size
  • TBS index may also be uniquely determined referring to a look-up table (NPL 2) and using the MCS index.
  • NPL 2 3GPP TS 36.213 V9.3.0 (2010-09), 3GPP TSG RAN EUTRAN Physical layer procedures, pp. 27-34), for example.
  • NPL 2 3GPP TS 36.213 V9.3.0 (2010-09), 3GPP TSG RAN EUTRAN Physical layer procedures, pp. 27-34
  • NPL 2 3GPP TS 36.213 V9.3.0 (2010-09), 3GPP TSG RAN EUTRAN Physical layer procedures, pp. 27-34
  • the TBS index may also be uniquely determined referring to a look-up table (NPL 2) and using the MCS index.
  • the MCS index can be calculated referring to a look-up table and using the effective SINR for data signals.
  • the effective SINR is a representative value of SINR for allocated RBs calculated taking account of variabilities in SINR of the RBs, which is measured by the reception strength measuring section 102 .
  • the look-up table for calculating an MCS index from SINR is generally created by link level simulation simulating a physical layer.
  • resources are allocated using SINR averaged over all RBs usable in transmission of data signals so that a voice packet can be transmitted within one TTI.
  • the terminal 200 comprises principal functional sections including a terminal operating section 201 , a reference signal generating section 202 , and a transmission buffer section 203 .
  • the terminal operating section 201 has a similar function to that of terminals commonly used in a wireless communication system, and description thereof will be omitted because its configuration and operation are widely known in the art.
  • the reference signal generating section 202 has a function of transmitting a reference signal serving as a basis of communication channel quality to the base station 100 via the terminal operating section 201 with certain timing.
  • the transmission buffer section 203 has a function of generating traffic data, and a function of transmitting (reporting) traffic information, such as the size of queued traffic (buffer size), in BSR via the terminal operating section 201 to the base station 100 .
  • traffic information such as the size of queued traffic (buffer size)
  • buffer size the size of queued traffic
  • a logical wireless channel is generally established according to the traffic type.
  • uplink a logical channel group is constructed from one or more logical channels, and BSR is reported for each logical channel group.
  • FIGS. 2 , 3 and 4 Next, an operation of the present embodiment will be described referring to FIGS. 2 , 3 and 4 .
  • FIG. 2 shows an operation procedure of the scheduling method selecting section 103 for deciding which of dynamic scheduling and semi-persistent scheduling is to be selected as a scheduling method for the terminal. This operation is conducted in a certain cycle defined for each terminal.
  • the scheduling method selecting section 103 decide whether traffic for a terminal u is VoIP traffic (S 1 ).
  • the decision of traffic is conducted using QCI (QoS Class Identifier) (refer to NPL 3: 3GPP TS 23.203 V9.9.0 (2011-06), 3GPP TSG SSA Policy and charging control architecture, pp. 30-33, for example) parameters.
  • QCI can define QoS class definition to define a type of GBR and Non-GBR, Priority, Packet Delay Budget, and so forth.
  • the decision to select dynamic scheduling for the terminal u is notified to the scheduler 104 (S 3 ).
  • the traffic is VoIP traffic (S 1 , Yes) and is not in a non-silent segment (S 4 , No)
  • dynamic scheduling is selected for the terminal u (S 3 ).
  • scheduling may be selected splitting the cases into one in which SINR(u) in the information on communication channel quality is equal to or smaller than the threshold Th_SINR, and one in which SINR(u) in the information on communication channel quality is greater than the threshold Th_SINR. This applies to description of the following embodiments.
  • FIG. 3 shows an operation procedure for the scheduling method selecting section 103 to decide the condition of VoIP traffic in a terminal between a non-silent segment or a silent segment.
  • the present operation procedure is executed in a presumed cycle of arrival of voice packets.
  • the scheduling method selecting section 103 decides that the condition was in a non-silent segment in a preceding cycle (S 11 , Yes), it compares the latest n-th BSR with the preceding ((n-1)-th) BSR, and in case that the amount of an increase of the buffer size (RBS(n)-RBS(n-1)) is smaller than a threshold D_TalkToSilence (S 12 , Yes), it decides that the condition transitions to a silent segment (S 13 ).
  • D_TalkToSilence is a threshold for deciding transition from a non-silent segment to a silent segment.
  • the section 103 decides that the condition is still in a non-silent segment (S 14 ).
  • the section 103 decides that the condition transitions to a non-silent segment (S 17 ).
  • D_SilenceToTalk is a threshold for deciding transition from a silent segment to a non-silent segment.
  • the section 103 decides that the condition is still in a silent segment (S 13 ).
  • the current cycle is a first decision (S 15 , No).
  • D_Talk is a threshold for deciding a non-silent segment.
  • FIG. 4 shows an operation procedure for the scheduler 104 to set a scheduling method for a terminal based on a result of the decision by the scheduling method selecting section 103 .
  • the scheduler 104 deallocates the reserved resources. Then, dynamic scheduling is selected as the scheduling method for the terminal u (S 24 ).
  • the scheduler 104 applies dynamic scheduling as an initial setting.
  • selection of a scheduling method in FIG. 2 is applied only to VoIP traffic
  • the present invention is not limited thereto, and the selection may be applied to any traffic having periodicity in intervals of occurrence and having a smaller data size, such as traffic of gaming, for example, wherein traffic of a guaranteed bit rate (GBR) type having a smaller data size falls under such traffic.
  • GRR guaranteed bit rate
  • decision of VoIP traffic in FIG. 2 is made once per terminal
  • the present invention is not limited thereto, and the decision may be made for each logical channel group, for example.
  • persistent scheduling and dynamic scheduling may be employed in combination for terminals in which both VoIP traffic and burst traffic occur.
  • communication channel quality according to which a scheduling method is selected in FIG. 2 uses SINR
  • a path loss difference for example, between a current cell in the communication area of the current station and an adjacent cell in the communication area of an adjacent station
  • a difference in the reference received power (RSRP: Reference Signal Received Power) between the current cell and an adjacent cell may be used.
  • RSRP Reference Signal Received Power
  • RSRQ Reference Signal Received Quality
  • transition between a non-silent segment and a silent segment in FIG. 3 is decided with reference to a result of only one measurement of the amount of an increase of the buffer size
  • the present invention is not limited thereto, and a decision that the condition transitions from a non-silent segment to a silent segment may be made at S 12 in case that a condition in which (RBS(n)-RBS(n-1)) is smaller than D_TalkToSilence continues over N consecutive cycles, for example. This allows for fluctuations of the time of arrival of voice packets and improves accuracy in decision between a non-silent segment and a silent segment.
  • decision between a non-silent segment and a silent segment in FIG. 3 employs a difference in presumed size of packets between a non-silent segment and a silent segment
  • the present invention is not limited thereto, and, for example, a difference in presumed cycle of occurrence of packets between a non-silent segment and a silent segment may be employed.
  • a decision that the condition transitions from a non-silent segment to a silent segment may be made in a case the amount of an increase of the buffer size within a certain segment is smaller than a threshold.
  • decision between a non-silent segment and a silent segment in FIG. 3 employs BSR
  • the present invention is not limited thereto, and a condition of reception at a base station may be employed.
  • a decision that the condition transitions to a silent segment may be made in case that the base station does not receive traffic data equal to or greater than a threshold within a certain segment.
  • the present operation procedure as in FIG. 2 or 3 is conducted only in a certain cycle, the present invention is not limited thereto, and it may be conducted when connection is established between a terminal and a base station, for example.
  • the area in which QoS can be satisfied can be expanded while avoiding restrictions on the number of users that can perform transmission at the same transmission time due to insufficient resources for a control channel for transmitting scheduling information.
  • the reason thereof is that, in case that said communication channel quality is equal to or greater than a threshold for quality decision, a reservation-type scheduling method in which cyclically usable wireless resources are reserved is selected, and in case that the quality is smaller than the threshold for quality decision, a non-reservation-type scheduling method in which allocation information is notified to the terminal each time wireless resources are allocated is selected, so that data communication with the terminal is performed using the selected scheduling method.
  • the second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that an operation shown in FIG. 5 , in place of FIG. 2 , is conducted.
  • S 31 is added after “No” at S 6 in FIG. 2 .
  • the scheduling method selecting section 103 notifies the decision to select dynamic scheduling for the terminal u to the scheduler 104 (S 7 ).
  • the decision to select dynamic scheduling for the terminal u may be notified to the scheduler 104 when the number Nue_DS of terminals is equal to or smaller than the maximum number Max_Nue_DS of terminals.
  • restrictions on the number of terminals that can perform transmission at the same transmission time and that occur when resources for a control channel for transmitting scheduling information in dynamic scheduling become insufficient, may be avoided.
  • Max_Nue_DS is a predefined fixed value
  • the present invention is not limited thereto, and it may be changed depending upon the condition of a traffic load. For example, Max_Nue_DS may be increased for a smaller number of terminals with burst traffic and decreased for a greater number of terminals with burst traffic, whereby improved coverage may be prioritized by increasing the number of VoIP terminals to which dynamic scheduling may be applied for a smaller number of terminals with burst traffic, and suppression of resource insufficiency for a control channel may be prioritized by decreasing the number of VoIP terminals to which dynamic scheduling may be applied for a greater number of terminals with burst traffic.
  • the third embodiment is different from the second embodiment in that an operation shown in FIG. 6 , in place of FIG. 5 , is conducted.
  • S 41 and S 42 are added after “No” at S 31 in FIG. 5 .
  • the scheduling method selecting section 103 compares SINR of the terminal u (SINR(u)) with that of another terminal k (SINR(k)) (S 41 ).
  • the terminal k is a terminal to which dynamic scheduling is applied for VoIP traffic, except the terminal u.
  • Max ⁇ ⁇ designates a function for selecting a maximum value, and when there are a plurality of terminals, a terminal k having maximal SINR, except u, and its SINR are selected.
  • SINR(u) is smaller than Max ⁇ SINR(k) ⁇ (S 41 , Yes)
  • the decision to change a scheduling method selected for the terminal k from dynamic scheduling to semi-persistent scheduling is notified to the scheduler 104 (S 42 ).
  • the decision to select dynamic scheduling for the terminal u is notified to the scheduler 104 (S 7 ).
  • SINR(u) is equal to or greater than Max ⁇ SINR(k) ⁇ (S 41 , No)
  • the process goes to S 8 , and a decision is made as to whether semi-persistent scheduling is currently selected for the terminal u.
  • dynamic scheduling may be selected while prioritizing terminals having lower SINR, so that coverage may be further improved while avoiding restrictions on the number of terminals that can perform transmission at the same transmission time and that occur when resources for a control channel for transmitting scheduling information in dynamic scheduling become insufficient.
  • LTE downlink is taken as an example for the wireless communication system.
  • FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a wireless communication system in the present embodiment.
  • a base station 300 comprises principal functional sections including a base station operating section 301 , a transmission buffer section 302 , a reference signal generating section 303 , a scheduling method selecting section 304 , and a scheduler 305 .
  • the base station operating section 301 is similar to the base station operating section 101 in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 .
  • the transmission buffer section 302 has a function of keeping traffic data arriving from a network along with information for decision about a destination terminal and traffic, and the buffer size.
  • the reference signal generating section 303 has a function of transmitting a reference signal serving as a basis of communication channel quality to a base station 400 via the base station operating section 301 with certain timing.
  • the scheduling method selecting section 304 similar to the scheduling method selecting section 103 in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 , has a function of deciding a non-silent segment and a silent segment in VoIP traffic for the terminal.
  • the scheduling method selecting section 304 further has a function of deciding which of dynamic scheduling and semi-persistent scheduling is to be selected for the terminal based on the information on the communication channel reported from the terminal 400 and received by the base station operating section 301 , and on traffic information kept in the transmission buffer section 302 . A result of the decision is notified to the scheduler 305 .
  • CQI Channel Quality Information
  • CQI Channel Quality Information
  • the scheduler 305 is similar to the scheduler 104 in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 .
  • the terminal 400 comprises principal functional sections including a terminal operating section 401 , and a reception strength measuring section 402 .
  • the terminal operating section 401 is similar to the terminal operating section 201 in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 .
  • the reception strength measuring section 402 has a function of measuring communication channel quality, such as a received power of reference signals and/or data signals received from the base station 300 , and CQI, and reporting the result to the base station 300 via the terminal operating section 401 as information on communication channel quality.
  • communication channel quality such as a received power of reference signals and/or data signals received from the base station 300 , and CQI
  • the base station 300 can directly confirm the buffer size of the transmission buffer section 302 , or the like, for each logical channel.
  • the fourth embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that an operation shown in FIG. 8 , in place of FIG. 3 , is conducted.
  • the scheduling method selecting section 304 compares the current buffer size with that in a preceding cycle, and in case that a non-silent segment in the preceding cycle is decided (S 11 , Yes), it compares the amount of an increase of the current buffer size from that in the preceding cycle (BS(n)-BS(n-1)), and in case that the amount of an increase in buffer size is smaller than a threshold D_TalkToSilence (S 41 , Yes), it decides that the condition transitions to a silent segment (S 13 ).
  • the section 304 decides that the condition transitions to a non-silent segment (S 17 ).
  • a non-silent segment is decided (S 17 ) for BS(n) equal to or greater than a threshold D_Talk (S 43 , Yes), or a silent segment is decided (S 19 ) for BS(n) smaller than the threshold D_Talk (S 43 , No).
  • the present invention may be applied to other systems capable of using dynamic scheduling for allocating resources on a TTI-by-TTI basis and reservation-type scheduling in combination.
  • the present invention may be applied to a system comprised of a plurality of devices, or to a single apparatus. Furthermore, the present invention may be applied to a case in which programs implementing the functions described in the embodiments above are supplied from the system or from a remote system to execute processing of the operation procedures described in these embodiments. Therefore, programs installed in a base station and executed by a processor in the base station, media storing therein the programs, and servers for downloading the programs therefrom for implementing the functions of the present invention in the base station may fall within the scope of the present invention.
  • a wireless resource allocation method for a base station performing data communication with a wireless terminal with traffic having periodicity in intervals of occurrence comprising:
  • said traffic is voice traffic.
  • said traffic is gaming traffic.
  • said traffic is traffic of a guaranteed bit rate type having a data size smaller than a data size threshold.
  • said data communication is uplink data communication.
  • said data communication is downlink data communication.
  • said number of terminals for which said method is currently selected is a threshold of the number of admissible terminals, selecting a reservation-type scheduling method for said high-quality terminal, and selecting a non-reservation-type scheduling method for said terminal.
  • a wireless communication system comprised of a base station and a wireless terminal, for conducting wireless resource allocation to perform data communication between said base station and said wireless terminal with traffic having periodicity in intervals of occurrence, said base station comprising:
  • a communication channel quality acquiring section for acquiring communication channel quality for said terminal
  • a scheduling method selecting section for, in case that said communication channel quality is greater than, or is equal to or greater than a threshold for quality decision, selecting a reservation-type scheduling method with which cyclically usable wireless resources are reserved, and in case that said communication channel quality is equal to or smaller than, or is smaller than the threshold for quality decision, selecting a non-reservation-type scheduling method with which allocation information is notified to said terminal each time wireless resources are allocated;
  • a scheduling section for performing data communication while applying said selected scheduling method to said terminal.
  • said traffic is voice traffic.
  • said traffic is gaming traffic.
  • said traffic is traffic of a guaranteed bit rate type having a data size smaller than a data size threshold.
  • said data communication is uplink data communication.
  • said data communication is downlink data communication.
  • said scheduling method selecting section measures a number of terminals for which said non-reservation-type scheduling method is currently selected, and in case that said number of terminals for which said method is currently selected is greater than, or is equal to or greater than a threshold of the number of admissible terminals, selects reservation-type scheduling.
  • said scheduling method selecting section measures a number of terminals for which said non-reservation-type scheduling method is currently selected; searches for a high-quality terminal for which a non-reservation-type scheduling method is currently selected and which has communication channel quality higher than said terminal; and in case that said number of terminals for which said method is currently selected is a threshold of the number of admissible terminals, selects a reservation-type scheduling method for said high-quality terminal, and selects a non-reservation-type scheduling method for said terminal.
  • said scheduling method selecting section measures a number of terminals for which no scheduling method selection is made and which is currently performing data communication with traffic having no periodicity in intervals of occurrence; and changes said threshold of the number of admissible terminals according to said number of terminals for which no method selection is made.
  • a communication channel quality acquiring section for acquiring communication channel quality for said terminal
  • a scheduling method selecting section for, in case that said communication channel quality is greater than, or is equal to or greater than a threshold for quality decision, selecting a reservation-type scheduling method with which cyclically usable wireless resources are reserved, and in case that said communication channel quality is equal to or smaller than, or is smaller than the threshold for quality decision, selecting a non-reservation-type scheduling method with which allocation information is notified to said terminal each time wireless resources are allocated;
  • a scheduling section for performing data communication while applying said selected scheduling method to said terminal.
  • said traffic is voice traffic.
  • said traffic is gaming traffic.
  • said traffic is traffic of a guaranteed bit rate type having a data size smaller than a data size threshold.
  • said data communication is uplink data communication.
  • said data communication is downlink data communication.
  • said scheduling method selecting section measures a number of terminals for which said non-reservation-type scheduling method is currently selected, and in case that said number of terminals for which said method is currently selected is greater than, or is equal to or greater than a threshold of the number of admissible terminals, selects reservation-type scheduling.
  • said scheduling method selecting section measures a number of terminals for which said non-reservation-type scheduling method is currently selected; searches for a high-quality terminal for which a non-reservation-type scheduling method is currently selected and which has communication channel quality higher than said terminal; and in case that said number of terminals for which said method is currently selected is a threshold of the number of admissible terminals, selects a reservation-type scheduling method for said high-quality terminal, and selects a non-reservation-type scheduling method for said terminal.
  • said scheduling method selecting section measures a number of terminals for which no scheduling method selection is made and which is currently performing data communication with traffic having no periodicity in intervals of occurrence; and changes said threshold of the number of admissible terminals according to said number of terminals for which no method selection is made.
  • scheduling method selecting processing of, in case that said communication channel quality is greater than, or is equal to or greater than a threshold for quality decision, selecting a reservation-type scheduling method with which cyclically usable wireless resources are reserved, and in case that said communication channel quality is equal to or smaller than, or is smaller than the threshold for quality decision, selecting a non-reservation-type scheduling method with which allocation information is notified to said terminal each time wireless resources are allocated;
  • said traffic is voice traffic.
  • said traffic is gaming traffic.
  • said traffic is traffic of a guaranteed bit rate type having a data size smaller than a data size threshold.
  • said data communication is uplink data communication.
  • said data communication is downlink data communication.
  • said scheduling method selection processing selects reservation-type scheduling.
  • scheduling method selection processing searches for a high-quality terminal for which a non-reservation-type scheduling method is currently selected and which has communication channel quality higher than said terminal; and in case that said number of terminals for which said method is currently selected is a threshold of the number of admissible terminals, selects a reservation-type scheduling method for said high-quality terminal, and selects a non-reservation-type scheduling method for said terminal.
  • scheduling method selection processing changes said threshold of the number of admissible terminals according to said number of terminals for which no method selection is made.

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